Peachtree City

Mayor Steve Brown hopes to strengthen the city's Planning Commission through

training requirements.

Because their

decisions are so crucial, Brown says it's time to require training for

all new planning commissioners while enhancing the experience of current

planning commissioners.

Specifically,

Brown wants the city to require commissioners to take a planning course

taught by the Atlanta Regional Commission. Brown noted that he has taken

the course and he felt the information is very beneficial.

"On-the-job

training for planning commissioners is not the way to go," Brown

said.

But Councilwoman

Annie McMenamin wondered if the course should be taught by Jim Williams,

the city's director of developmental services.

Brown urged

council not to "limit" the training to just Williams' abilities.

Williams suggested that if a course was held locally, other interested

citizens could attend.

Councilman

Murray Weed said he felt such a course needed to cover legal decisions

related to zoning and other development matters.

Brown originally

proposed requiring applicants to the Planning Commission to take the class.

But council agreed it would be cheaper instead to train those selected

to the commission and perhaps facilitate that by selecting candidates

earlier than usual.

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